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rove. you should just know this is happenic because there is something weird going on. in this fight about all of the dark money being spent against obama this year. karl rove has a long history in alabama politics. there was a scandal about an operative saying karl rove when he was working in the bush white house sent her to get dirt on this democratic governor in alabama, catch him cheating on his wife or something. but this is something that happened more than ten years ago. this has absolutely nothing to do with this year's campaign or secret money or the fec or any of these things. karl rove's response to the obama campaign asking them to disclose their donors, his response was essentially the obama campaign, their lawyer was a lawyer for this woman in alabama 11 years ago when she went on "60 minutes." completely bizarre. one of the strangest and bluntest and most non seq.witter diversionary tactives i have seen. the only reason i think it might be important is because i think karl ro
rove. you should just know this is happenic because there is something weird going on. in this fight about all of the dark money being spent against obama this year. karl rove has a long history in alabama politics. there was a scandal about an operative saying karl rove when he was working in the bush white house sent her to get dirt on this democratic governor in alabama, catch him cheating on his wife or something. but this is something that happened more than ten years ago. this has...
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you cannot shock anybody by telling them a karl rove ad tells a lie. the issue is that the assertions in this $10 million ad buy are just blatantly at face value shockingly dishonest to anybody who understands anything about these issues that are in this ad. we're told that republicans have focus group this ad down to the last bristle on the air brush. they are confident that the assertions are false to anybody that knows the fact, they are confident it not be shocking to anyone. they are confident that people do not know what the facts are. are they right? in so, the number one question is why don't more people know the actual facts? how do you run on your record when the other side has crafted a new record for you. a record they would rather run against instead of the record of what you have done. the chief strategist joins us next. [ heart beating, monitor beeping ] woman: what do you mean, homeowners insurance doesn't cover floods? [ heart rate increases ] man: a few inches of water caused all this? [ heart rate increases ] woman #2: but i don't ev
you cannot shock anybody by telling them a karl rove ad tells a lie. the issue is that the assertions in this $10 million ad buy are just blatantly at face value shockingly dishonest to anybody who understands anything about these issues that are in this ad. we're told that republicans have focus group this ad down to the last bristle on the air brush. they are confident that the assertions are false to anybody that knows the fact, they are confident it not be shocking to anyone. they are...
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rove and others put into place. he wants to cut taxes while raising taxes on 18 million working americans. it's a budget busting plan that the independent analysts would say would add $5 trillion to our deficits. for them to reason ads suggesting that the problem is debt and they're the answer is absurd. that case will be prosecuted over the course of this campaign. you can't hide the impacts of what you're trying to do or who you are or what you're record was a. a all of those things are part of this debate. people will make a choice . >> you mentioned karl rove's policy over the last decade. one of the things we learned this week is mitt romney is going to be doing a fund-raiser with former vice president, dick cheney. he's described him as the kind of vice president he would like to have. i wonder as you are shaping as the obama re-election campaign's narrative about mitt romney, do you think there are important differences between what romney would offer and the george w. bush-dick cheney years offered or is it
rove and others put into place. he wants to cut taxes while raising taxes on 18 million working americans. it's a budget busting plan that the independent analysts would say would add $5 trillion to our deficits. for them to reason ads suggesting that the problem is debt and they're the answer is absurd. that case will be prosecuted over the course of this campaign. you can't hide the impacts of what you're trying to do or who you are or what you're record was a. a all of those things are part...
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rove super pac tweeted this. how does the commerce secretary have three car crashes in five minutes and alcohol not be involved? then it's #skills. it turns out john bryson may have had a serious seizure. american crossroads tweeted a correction. but shouldn't rove apologize for this kind of a comment about secretary bryson? >> well, don't hold your breath, do you know what i mean? karl rove is not the one to apologize. this super pac issue is serious. when you're talking about karl rove and mitt romney, they have so much experience. mitt romney from bain capital and karl rove with how to float the rules. having a blind trust and moving your money offshore is like practice for what you need to exploit citizens united which why at the end of the day we have a call for the revisitation and overturning of citizens united as soon as possible. it is destroying american politics and we are watching it unfold right now. >> ana marie cox and karen finney and dr. james peterson, brilliant even over those two segments. tha
rove super pac tweeted this. how does the commerce secretary have three car crashes in five minutes and alcohol not be involved? then it's #skills. it turns out john bryson may have had a serious seizure. american crossroads tweeted a correction. but shouldn't rove apologize for this kind of a comment about secretary bryson? >> well, don't hold your breath, do you know what i mean? karl rove is not the one to apologize. this super pac issue is serious. when you're talking about karl rove...
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rove back on the air. rove and joe trippy were asked to give their recommendation on the fiscal cliff. >> make believe you want to get to the compromise. >> let's cap it, itemize deductions. if you cap it at $25,000, you can lower all tax rates 20%, plus kill the alternative minimum tax forever and still have $1.3 trillion in revenue. or if you do it at $50,000 cap, it gives you $800 billion. >> oh, yes, rove is still the master of make believe. but he still must be under the impression that romney won the election. there's no way president obama and the democrats are going to lower tax rates by 20%. i've got to cut him some slack, though, it's been almost a month since he's had the opportunity to lie in public. as for dick morris, he's found something to do during his fox exile. ladies and gentlemen, the dick morris launch alert. ♪ >> don't give up. that's what we'll talk about today. there's a lot that we can do. there's a lot that we have to do in order to save this country of ours. >> and i am so gla
rove back on the air. rove and joe trippy were asked to give their recommendation on the fiscal cliff. >> make believe you want to get to the compromise. >> let's cap it, itemize deductions. if you cap it at $25,000, you can lower all tax rates 20%, plus kill the alternative minimum tax forever and still have $1.3 trillion in revenue. or if you do it at $50,000 cap, it gives you $800 billion. >> oh, yes, rove is still the master of make believe. but he still must be under the...
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karl rove is back. the man who wasted millions of dollars on the electrical is now predicting a fiscal close outcome. >>> dick cheney has once again reared his head to attack president obama's foreign-policy. lawrence wilkerson will show us how what the former vice president still isn't shooting straight. >>> good to have you with us. thanks for watching. michigan became the 24 states in the union to past so-called right to work legislation, a major birthplace of the labor moment became the latest target of the right wing. big money interest infiltrating statehouses across this nation. this is what is happening. it's time to pay attention. thousands of protesters jammed the capital in lansing, michigan, as the lame duck session passed the right to work bill. demonstrators made their passions known. >> right to work is wrong! right to work is wrong! right to work is wrong! right to work is wrong! >> these protesters are well informed and understand exactly what is happening in their state today. >> they
karl rove is back. the man who wasted millions of dollars on the electrical is now predicting a fiscal close outcome. >>> dick cheney has once again reared his head to attack president obama's foreign-policy. lawrence wilkerson will show us how what the former vice president still isn't shooting straight. >>> good to have you with us. thanks for watching. michigan became the 24 states in the union to past so-called right to work legislation, a major birthplace of the labor...
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activia >>> karl rove tried to save us from dick cheney. in a confessional, rove admitted he was wrong about cheney. but not in the way that you might think. that's coming up. >>> and in the rewrite tonight, what was the single stupidest moment in the republican presidential debates? come on. okay, here's a hint. it was a moment in which none of the candidates actually said anything. and tonight, one of those candidates wishes he had said something and we have the video of how he would like to rewrite that moment. that's coming up. >>> and later, rush limbaugh attacked secretary of state hillary clinton today for being a secretary. something he still hasn't attacked thomas jefferson for. that's coming up. makeup artists have everything to make my skin look its best. at home, i challenge that in one easy step with olay. total effects tone corrector. 7 anti-aging therapies for younger looking skin including an even skin tone, instantly. from olay. sven's home security gets the most rewards of any small business credit card! how does this thin
activia >>> karl rove tried to save us from dick cheney. in a confessional, rove admitted he was wrong about cheney. but not in the way that you might think. that's coming up. >>> and in the rewrite tonight, what was the single stupidest moment in the republican presidential debates? come on. okay, here's a hint. it was a moment in which none of the candidates actually said anything. and tonight, one of those candidates wishes he had said something and we have the video of how...
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our next guest explains how karl rove is back in a big way. follow the wings. every communications provider is different but centurylink is committed to being a different kind of communications company. ♪ we link people and fortune 500 companies nationwide and around the world. and we will continue to free you to do more and focus on what matters. >>> five years after karl rove left president bush's white house following a federal grand jury investigation, the advisor known as bush's brain is once again a driving force in presidential politics. his group, american crossroads and super pac crossroads gps have already spent $94 million on tv ads this cycle. more than twice that of what the romney campaign has shelled out. it's the subject of this week's bloomberg business week cover story, karl rove, he's back big-time. rove tells assistant managing editor paul barrett that his strategy came out of the democrats' playbook. the left pioneered the use of 527s and 501cs years ago, spending millions of dollars to influence public opinion and the policy landscape. p
our next guest explains how karl rove is back in a big way. follow the wings. every communications provider is different but centurylink is committed to being a different kind of communications company. ♪ we link people and fortune 500 companies nationwide and around the world. and we will continue to free you to do more and focus on what matters. >>> five years after karl rove left president bush's white house following a federal grand jury investigation, the advisor known as bush's...
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in a confessional, rove admitted he was wrong about cheney. but not in the way that you might think. that's coming up. >>> and in the rewrite tonight, what was the single stupidest moment in the republican presidential debates? come on. okay, here's a hint. it was a moment in which none of the candidates actually said anything. and tonight, one of those candidates wishes he had said something and we have the video of how he would like to rewrite that moment. that's coming up. >>> and later, rush limbaugh attacked secretary of state hillary clinton today for being a secretary. something he still hasn't attacked thomas jefferson for. that's coming up. ♪ stream, stream, stream... ♪ strea-ea-ea-ea-eam ♪ ...stream, stream, stream... ♪ whenever i want you, all i have to do is... ♪ [ female announcer ] introducing xfinity streampix. stream your favorite movies and full seasons of shows instantly on any screen. find out more online. thor's couture gets the most rewards of any small business credit card. [ garth ] thor's small business earns
in a confessional, rove admitted he was wrong about cheney. but not in the way that you might think. that's coming up. >>> and in the rewrite tonight, what was the single stupidest moment in the republican presidential debates? come on. okay, here's a hint. it was a moment in which none of the candidates actually said anything. and tonight, one of those candidates wishes he had said something and we have the video of how he would like to rewrite that moment. that's coming up....
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this is stephanie cutter from team obama speaking about karl rove. >> here we are again. karl rove's group crossroads is spending $25 million from secret donners to tear down the president. when robe says the president broke his promise on middle class tax cuts, he's not telling you the truth. >> amazing stephanie cutter taking it to karl rove in a campaign ad. >> i've never seen anything like that before where basically karl rove is a staffer. he's a high level staffer but for the president's re-election campaign to go after a staffer is a big deal which tells you obviously karl rove and crossroads is clearly making some headway for them to go after them people. >> rove is the lead person and remember when they first started crossroads gps, they were saying this was meant to be a shadow rnc. he very publicly put himself out there as the face of the critique of president obama. >> karl rove happy to take it from all corners i think. after the break, he's back. former president george w. bush is re-emerging. will the party embrace the former leader or will he remain he who
this is stephanie cutter from team obama speaking about karl rove. >> here we are again. karl rove's group crossroads is spending $25 million from secret donners to tear down the president. when robe says the president broke his promise on middle class tax cuts, he's not telling you the truth. >> amazing stephanie cutter taking it to karl rove in a campaign ad. >> i've never seen anything like that before where basically karl rove is a staffer. he's a high level staffer but...
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>> a picture of the man. >> let's get on rove. ♪ mr. romney is a hard working man ♪ ♪ don't ever let him cut your hair ♪ >> these ideas that sounded so good in the classrooms at harvard and yale. >> diplomas from liberty should come with a huge asterisk. target serves pizza. that doesn't playing it a restaurant. >> come on, man. >> rich versus poor. men versus women. >> come on, man. >> let's get right to our panel now. dana milbank of the "washington post" joins us. live from new york, editor of points memo.com. and joining us in our studios, msnbc contributor joe-ann reid from grio.com. >> josh, you're an historian so i would like to start with you and the inane suggestion about the president being the most divisive figure in modern history. is he trying to suggest that this was more divisive than what george w. bush did with gay marriage in 2004? or what the republican does in 1988? or even the anti-catholic bigotry we saw in 1928? they're all worse than this president. is that correct? >> i think it is kreg. does he divide the
>> a picture of the man. >> let's get on rove. ♪ mr. romney is a hard working man ♪ ♪ don't ever let him cut your hair ♪ >> these ideas that sounded so good in the classrooms at harvard and yale. >> diplomas from liberty should come with a huge asterisk. target serves pizza. that doesn't playing it a restaurant. >> come on, man. >> rich versus poor. men versus women. >> come on, man. >> let's get right to our panel now. dana milbank of the...
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somebody, alert karl rove! when gas prices go up, as they are going up right now, it is essentially a certainty that some politician somewhere is going to try to make political hay out of it. those politicians, those political commentators, they deserve to be fact checked when they say stuff like that. and when they are wrong, when they are lying through their teeth, it deserves to be called bullpucky. it's very simple. bullpucky. >>> the best new thing in the world today is a sad one, but it is a moving one and it's amazing. by now you will have heard that more journalists were killed today in syria, where the government there has turned the full force of its military on its own people. the committee to protect journalists says at least seven journalists have been killed in syria so far in the 11 months of the uprising there. the la french photographer. the american, marie colvin, reported on cnn this week how her arrival in the besieged city of homs in syria had been greeted eck statically by the people there
somebody, alert karl rove! when gas prices go up, as they are going up right now, it is essentially a certainty that some politician somewhere is going to try to make political hay out of it. those politicians, those political commentators, they deserve to be fact checked when they say stuff like that. and when they are wrong, when they are lying through their teeth, it deserves to be called bullpucky. it's very simple. bullpucky. >>> the best new thing in the world today is a sad one,...
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carl rove knows which states we need to win. >> i want to look at the details. it starts with winning the states that john mccain won and then he has to win back three republican states from obama, indiana, virginia, north carolina. the president won indiana and north carolina but only by 1% or less in 2008. i think the real challenge here if you look at the polls is going to be virginia. >> for mitt romney, yes. nbc had a poll out last week that had the president leading in virginia. if you talk to the obama folks they believe that there are more than 40 different pathways to the presidency. mitt romney has to win florida. for democrats back in the day we had to win florida. we had to win ohio. >> you're jumping ahead. >> sorry. yes. i think that the president has a lot of different pathways to the presidency. mitt romney has few pathways. it is still a close race. we are leading in those three important battle grounds. >> let's take a look at the second part of the strategy, alice. it's to win ohio and florida worth -- wait a minute. hold on. that's correct. w
carl rove knows which states we need to win. >> i want to look at the details. it starts with winning the states that john mccain won and then he has to win back three republican states from obama, indiana, virginia, north carolina. the president won indiana and north carolina but only by 1% or less in 2008. i think the real challenge here if you look at the polls is going to be virginia. >> for mitt romney, yes. nbc had a poll out last week that had the president leading in...
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somebody, alert karl rove! when gas prices go up, as they are going up right now, it is essentially a certainty that some politician somewhere is going to try to make political hay out of it. those politicians, those political commentators, they deserve to be fact checked when they say stuff like that. and when they are wrong, when they are lying through their teeth, it deserves to be called bullpucky. it's very simple. bullpucky. your finances can't manage themselves. but that doesn't mean they won't try. bring all your finances together with the help of the one person who can. a certified financial planner professional. cfp. let's make a plan. the new spark card from capital one. spark miles gives me the most rewards of any small business credit card. the spark card earns double miles... so we really had to up our game. with spark, the boss earns double miles on every purchase, every day. that's setting the bar pretty high. owning my own business has never been more rewarding. coming through! [ male announcer
somebody, alert karl rove! when gas prices go up, as they are going up right now, it is essentially a certainty that some politician somewhere is going to try to make political hay out of it. those politicians, those political commentators, they deserve to be fact checked when they say stuff like that. and when they are wrong, when they are lying through their teeth, it deserves to be called bullpucky. it's very simple. bullpucky. your finances can't manage themselves. but that doesn't mean...
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look, you have the koch brothers, karl rove, oil interest, insurance company interest, financial sector supporting mitt romney that have pledged to raise half a billion dollars to defeat president obama. we don't like the rules. we're not going to be able to change the rules if we don't re-elect the president. this was a reluctant decision but it was one where we just had to decide we were not going to unilaterally disarm and just allow an influx in the special interest money to swamp the message that we're trying to get out. >> does this open the president up to being a hypocrite as saying do as i say not as i do? >> well, look, as i said, the president supports efforts to roll back this type of thing, even possibly up to a constitutional amendment if necessary. he doesn't believe that the citizens united decision was decided correctly. he'd love to see super pacs go away. this has placed a great emphasis and will continue to do so on small dollar donors and let's remember this, thomas, we're still not going so far as the other side. mitt romney has raised money for his super pac, are
look, you have the koch brothers, karl rove, oil interest, insurance company interest, financial sector supporting mitt romney that have pledged to raise half a billion dollars to defeat president obama. we don't like the rules. we're not going to be able to change the rules if we don't re-elect the president. this was a reluctant decision but it was one where we just had to decide we were not going to unilaterally disarm and just allow an influx in the special interest money to swamp the...
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somebody, alert karl rove! when gas prices go up, as they are going up right now, it is essentially a certainty that some politician somewhere is going to try to make political hay out of it. those politicians, those political commentators, they deserve to be fact checked when they say stuff like that. and when they are wrong, when they are lying through their teeth, it deserves to be called bullpucky. it's very simple. bullpucky. ♪ ♪ what started as a whisper every day, millions of people choose to do the right thing. there's an insurance company that does that, too. liberty mutual insurance. responsibility. what's your policy? without the stuff that we make here, you wouldn't be able to walk in your house and flip on your lights. [ brad ] at ge we build turbines that power the world. they go into power plants which take some form of energy, harness it, and turn it into more efficient electricity. [ ron ] when i was a kid i wanted to work with my hands, that was my thing. i really enjoy building turbines.
somebody, alert karl rove! when gas prices go up, as they are going up right now, it is essentially a certainty that some politician somewhere is going to try to make political hay out of it. those politicians, those political commentators, they deserve to be fact checked when they say stuff like that. and when they are wrong, when they are lying through their teeth, it deserves to be called bullpucky. it's very simple. bullpucky. ♪ ♪ what started as a whisper every day, millions of people...
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jonathan, your super pac linked to karl rove. it was monday, i believe, that joe scarborough said listen, karl rove and the other heavyweights of this party will have to get out front and show this man they're not backing him. american crossroads, the president released a statement stephen law saying representative akin faces a simple choice, will he help democrats hold the mccaskill and potentially the senate majority by staying in the race. here we are now, he is still in the race and not backing down. what are your feelings? >> first of all, todd akin's candidacy is dead, whether he realizes that or not. he's probably taking a poll and will be able to determine that condition cluesively. the facts are his candidacy is dead. there's no way he can win. as long as he's on the ballot, we cannot be talking about the issues that matter most to americans, economy, taxes, debt. instead we're talking about todd akin. he needs to leave the ballot for the good of his country. we can move on to bigger and better things. >> you've said dem
jonathan, your super pac linked to karl rove. it was monday, i believe, that joe scarborough said listen, karl rove and the other heavyweights of this party will have to get out front and show this man they're not backing him. american crossroads, the president released a statement stephen law saying representative akin faces a simple choice, will he help democrats hold the mccaskill and potentially the senate majority by staying in the race. here we are now, he is still in the race and not...
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with national security, i'm so glad you got that karl rove power point. they did it at every turn. they made the war, 9/11, their center piece of the reelection campaign and of the 2002 mid term campaign. dick cheney came out and said, if you vote for john kerry you're making the country less safe. so they are brazen. they do it every time. it feels like right now the main stream media is paying more attention and calling them on it. that's the only good news i have. >> david, you wrote a book called "huberous." in brooklyn, where i'm from, we call it something else. this is amazing. standing in front of a firehouse where responders were called on 9/11, criticizing the president while you are playing on national security. then romney has the nerve to say that he would not rule out going to pakistan to take out bin laden in 2007. >> you know, let me pick up on another threat that came out in the opening package there. and that's when john mccain says, any president would have done this. you heard mitt romney say that yesterday. rudy giuliani has said the same. these guys really need
with national security, i'm so glad you got that karl rove power point. they did it at every turn. they made the war, 9/11, their center piece of the reelection campaign and of the 2002 mid term campaign. dick cheney came out and said, if you vote for john kerry you're making the country less safe. so they are brazen. they do it every time. it feels like right now the main stream media is paying more attention and calling them on it. that's the only good news i have. >> david, you wrote a...
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just three months after the president's inauguration, karl rove wrote a piece called, the president's apology tour for "the wall street journal." rove claimed president obama apologized on three con tinents and those accusations were totally bogus. the president never apologized # for the united states. "the washington post" debunked those claims last year. quote, in none of these cases does obama actually use a word at all similar to apologize. the post says, quote, note to gop speechwriters and campaign ad makers the apology tour never happened. mitt romney was never one to let good talking points get in the way but still he should offer an apology of his own. joining me now is crystal ball, co-host of "the cycle" here on msnbc and joe madison. thanks to both of you for being here tonight. >> thanks, reverend. >> so crystal, why is romney using these false apologizing attacks on the president? >> well, in the words of his pollster, they are not going to allow themselves to be dictated by fact checkers and clearly they have lived that mantra throughout the campaign. this is the same
just three months after the president's inauguration, karl rove wrote a piece called, the president's apology tour for "the wall street journal." rove claimed president obama apologized on three con tinents and those accusations were totally bogus. the president never apologized # for the united states. "the washington post" debunked those claims last year. quote, in none of these cases does obama actually use a word at all similar to apologize. the post says, quote, note to...
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. >>> carl rove and friends are getting desperate in ohio. >> politicians like sherrod brown. >> we'll ask sherrod brown about his opponent's dark money controversy. >>> and on day two of the chicago teachers strike, the union isn't backing down to the bully. the teachers union president is here for an exclusive interview. >> good to have you with us. thanks for watching. the presidential candidates put their campaigns on hold to mark the somber anniversary of the terrorist attacks. president obama spoke this morning at a pentagon memorial ceremony where one of the hijacked planes crashed 11 years ago today. >> we know that somewhere a son is growing up with his father's eyes and a daughter has her mother's laugh, living reminders that those who died are with us still. >> the president made a detour to arlington national cemetery where casualties of the iraq and afghanistan wars are laid to rest. they were honoring the victims of flight 93 and their families. biden drew upon his experience with the loss of his wife and his infant daughter 30 years ago. >> my hope for you all is that as
. >>> carl rove and friends are getting desperate in ohio. >> politicians like sherrod brown. >> we'll ask sherrod brown about his opponent's dark money controversy. >>> and on day two of the chicago teachers strike, the union isn't backing down to the bully. the teachers union president is here for an exclusive interview. >> good to have you with us. thanks for watching. the presidential candidates put their campaigns on hold to mark the somber anniversary...
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we all know that karl rove wants ohio. why are they coming after you? >> well, we figure -- we don't know, because they don't disclose this money, but we figure it's wall street, because my legislation to break up the six largest banks, we figure sst oil companies, because i helped to lead the charge to take away their tax breaks, and we figure it's corporations and their chinese allies who outsource jobs to china, because my china currency bill. that just makes grassroots efforts that much more important, because they're spending these huge numbers and dollars against an outspoken progressive. >> i have this theory about ohio's economy. obviously, it was helped by the automobile loan. china is subsidizing its auto workers. i mean, this is a direct attempt to undermine what is happening with the economy in your state, as one in eight jobs are affected by the automobile industry. president obama has taken action and filed suit with the wto on this. does this help you in your race? what is happening with china and why are they coming after the automobile
we all know that karl rove wants ohio. why are they coming after you? >> well, we figure -- we don't know, because they don't disclose this money, but we figure it's wall street, because my legislation to break up the six largest banks, we figure sst oil companies, because i helped to lead the charge to take away their tax breaks, and we figure it's corporations and their chinese allies who outsource jobs to china, because my china currency bill. that just makes grassroots efforts that...
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former political guru, karl rove, says president obama suppressed the vote. amazing. but who's delivering those harsh doses of reality? none other than chris christie. here's what he told reporters when they asked him if he talked to president obama about his big election victory. >> we didn't have a political strategy discussion. i said congratulations on your win, mr. president, and he said thank you, governor, and then we went on to business. >> now, we know chris and the president have been in regular contact, coordinating storm relief. still, it's very nice that christie congratulated the president by phone. but did he give romney a call maybe a shoulder to cry on? >> we sent e-mails to each other yesterday afternoon but we have not spoken but we exchanged e-mails yesterday. >> they exchanged e-mails? the man that romney chose to give the keynote address at the republican national convention has only been in touch by e-mail? ouch. i guess that's springsteen call went a long way. but the rest of the gop hasn't moved on as quickly. we'll have a lot more on the gop
former political guru, karl rove, says president obama suppressed the vote. amazing. but who's delivering those harsh doses of reality? none other than chris christie. here's what he told reporters when they asked him if he talked to president obama about his big election victory. >> we didn't have a political strategy discussion. i said congratulations on your win, mr. president, and he said thank you, governor, and then we went on to business. >> now, we know chris and the...
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right out of karl rove's playbook. >> guess where it comes from? citizens united. i'll talk about it tonight. everybody treasures their vote, i don't care if you're on the left or somewhere on the right. but you only get one and get to vote in one place. people like these koch brothers can go anywhere, all over the country, dump tons of money and switch a race around. >> they can. and they will. and you know, it's -- look, we've had a series of decisions made, starting with the supreme court back in 1972. we've progressively seen the system of progressive campaign finance destroyed. we have this every cycle it gets worse. this is the last in a string of bad decisions, regulations, lack of regulations. it's gotten worse and worse and worse and now we've reached a point where it's hard to imagine it could get worse in terms of the way in which unregulated, private money is getting involved in our election cycle. i'll tell you as a strategic matter, it's a huge problem for the president. because right now, although there are a lot of rich people who like barack obama
right out of karl rove's playbook. >> guess where it comes from? citizens united. i'll talk about it tonight. everybody treasures their vote, i don't care if you're on the left or somewhere on the right. but you only get one and get to vote in one place. people like these koch brothers can go anywhere, all over the country, dump tons of money and switch a race around. >> they can. and they will. and you know, it's -- look, we've had a series of decisions made, starting with the...
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karl rove said that's not going to happen. folks said it's mathematically difficult, but jeb bush just has to reenforce the rumors. >> there's lot of folk, lot of republicans who would love to see another candidate. whether it be now or at the convention. jeb bush and mitch daniels would be at the top of the list. maybe governor christie joining them, so yes, that's why it's significant because a lot of republicans would love for him to run. what rove is saying and others are saying, it's not going to happen. it is really just math matedly impossible. it would take a shock to the political system and republicans to get to the convention and pick something other than one of the four candidates that's in the race now. they had their chance. if jeb bush wanted to run, he could have. if mitch daniels wanted to run, he could. many delegates have been picked and getting on the ballot for a lot of these states is almost impossible at this point. that's why rove says it's virtually impossible. >> thanks so much for joining us. come on
karl rove said that's not going to happen. folks said it's mathematically difficult, but jeb bush just has to reenforce the rumors. >> there's lot of folk, lot of republicans who would love to see another candidate. whether it be now or at the convention. jeb bush and mitch daniels would be at the top of the list. maybe governor christie joining them, so yes, that's why it's significant because a lot of republicans would love for him to run. what rove is saying and others are saying, it's...
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like karl rove, who will keep coming back like a bad lunch, they aren't going to go away. why? because there's big money in sucker-punching evangelicals into thinking you can deliver a vote for them. how do i know that? as i talk about in my book "crazy for god" i was one of those guys 30 years ago, raising millions of dollars from people like rich, who founded amway, promising him we could change america, bring it back to conservative values, blah, blah, blah, blah. since i've been there and done that, and had the good fortune to bail when i was young enough to start a new life, i understand how tempting the money is to keep sucker these evangelical votes along. >> so is this -- >> it's about money. the leadership, it is. karl rove, ralph reed, mike h k huckabee, they earn a lot of money off pushing this agenda and saying you give us donations, millionaires or 25 bucks a pop and we'll deliver the vote. they have failed misserably and they'll take the republican party down with them. which is not good for the country. i'm overvoied one of the best presidents that's ever been el
like karl rove, who will keep coming back like a bad lunch, they aren't going to go away. why? because there's big money in sucker-punching evangelicals into thinking you can deliver a vote for them. how do i know that? as i talk about in my book "crazy for god" i was one of those guys 30 years ago, raising millions of dollars from people like rich, who founded amway, promising him we could change america, bring it back to conservative values, blah, blah, blah, blah. since i've been...
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. >> you had harsh words for carl rove in ohio. what do you think of his ad barrage against senator brown? >> i think carl rove is a coward who enjoys pouring money -- you know, i think he has targeted labor in ohio, in wisconsin to some extent in michigan because e he wants to cut the head off of labor and they are not going to let him do it. >> this is in an effort to get rid of the last democrat support and foundation because of the social networking and also the boots on the ground that labor unions have provided. what are you hearing? what's your sense in ohio? >> my sense in ohio, i felt very confident that sherrod is in a very good position. i think the president is in a good position. i think we can take nothing for granted and have to run through that finish line and get out the vote. people are voting early and the democrats just have to stay focused and i think we're going to have a good result. >> the republicans clearly have attacked public education. what are the chances of prop 32 getting money into public education
. >> you had harsh words for carl rove in ohio. what do you think of his ad barrage against senator brown? >> i think carl rove is a coward who enjoys pouring money -- you know, i think he has targeted labor in ohio, in wisconsin to some extent in michigan because e he wants to cut the head off of labor and they are not going to let him do it. >> this is in an effort to get rid of the last democrat support and foundation because of the social networking and also the boots on...
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. >> none other than karl rove went on fox today. he was frankly offended by the clint eastwood ad. >> these guys are essentially attacking the american auto workers. >> it is a sign of what happens when you have chicago-style politics. >> the communities and people that brought that industry back. >> our second half is is about to begin. >> the bright new start for our current president. >> in a new washington post poll he trails the president. >> the most troubling for mitt romney may be the likability question. >> the gop has a problem with enthusiasm. >> romney doesn't have any big ideas. >> you know, on earth they thought the idea of student janitors was crazy. >> there's no big piece of policy he's putting forward. there is more energy in the republican party for not mitt romney than for mitt romney. he's not a good candidate. >> we see that quote from ann coulter. >> if chris christie doesn't ren, romney will be the one. >> so how good do things have to be going for president obama? for bill o'reilly to say this. >> all right.
. >> none other than karl rove went on fox today. he was frankly offended by the clint eastwood ad. >> these guys are essentially attacking the american auto workers. >> it is a sign of what happens when you have chicago-style politics. >> the communities and people that brought that industry back. >> our second half is is about to begin. >> the bright new start for our current president. >> in a new washington post poll he trails the president....
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karl rove has already announced his groups which appear to be mostly funded by very rich conservative individuals, plan to spend anywhere in the neighborhood of $300 million, this doesn't count the romney campaign itself or the republican party. and that's all on top of the koch brothers money. how are the democrats attempting to match that kind of fire power? to understand that it may be helpful to keep in mind the hair dresser in sandals against the tanks. what might be the democratic's best hope for competing with this juggernaut of right wing money, the democrats own super pac run by bill burton. but look how they are getting outgunned. this pro obama super pac, new york times this weekend, they worked their tails off and put together a whole bunch of donations from left leaning donors and cobbled together $10 million for a multistate ad buy. it was a huge investment for them, a landmark investment for them. three days after they did that, they got word that one guy alone on the other side, republican was personally contributing that much, that day to the mitt romney super pac. an
karl rove has already announced his groups which appear to be mostly funded by very rich conservative individuals, plan to spend anywhere in the neighborhood of $300 million, this doesn't count the romney campaign itself or the republican party. and that's all on top of the koch brothers money. how are the democrats attempting to match that kind of fire power? to understand that it may be helpful to keep in mind the hair dresser in sandals against the tanks. what might be the democratic's best...
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and he was donating another $10 million that day to karl rove's super pac at the same time, and he was saying maybe he'll contribute ten times that much, $100 million, when push comes to shove. this is an optimistic profile of the democratic side in the "new york times" magazine this weekend. but what it says is that the only democratic plan for trying to compete in terms of ad spending is to wage asymmetric arms fair. having conceded the arms race before it began, they recognized their only hope play in asome c asymmetric war fair that could be done on the cheap. you would never know this was the party in power, right? they're talking about having to use guerilla tactic to compete with an overwhelming force on the other side they could never hope to match. a week ago tonight from air force one, president obama convened a conference call with many of his top campaign donors and he sounded the alarm, according to reporting by lloyd grove at the daily beast who said he ruheard a recording fro the call, the president told his don donors, quote, we're going to see more money spend on negat
and he was donating another $10 million that day to karl rove's super pac at the same time, and he was saying maybe he'll contribute ten times that much, $100 million, when push comes to shove. this is an optimistic profile of the democratic side in the "new york times" magazine this weekend. but what it says is that the only democratic plan for trying to compete in terms of ad spending is to wage asymmetric arms fair. having conceded the arms race before it began, they recognized...
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that money is not coming back, and hey, maybe neither is karl rove. prepus is staying on as chairman but today mr. priebus got a leaked letter from one of those conservative media publicity hound guys telling mr. priebus unless the fiscal cliff negotiations in d.c. go the way they wants them to go, he will personally cut off the spigot of conservative money to the republican party. he says, quote, i will make it my mission to ensure that every conservative donor to the republican party that i have worked with for the last three decades, and there are many, and they have given tens of millions of dollars to republican causes, i will make sure that they give not one penny more to the republican party. promise? what are you going to do, right? give it to the democratic party instead? perhaps you should start a third party. i mean, i'm not allowed to make political contributions because of my job, but as a liberal i maybe would cheat to contribute to your third party idea. you're right, the republican party is not pure enough, not conservative enough. you
that money is not coming back, and hey, maybe neither is karl rove. prepus is staying on as chairman but today mr. priebus got a leaked letter from one of those conservative media publicity hound guys telling mr. priebus unless the fiscal cliff negotiations in d.c. go the way they wants them to go, he will personally cut off the spigot of conservative money to the republican party. he says, quote, i will make it my mission to ensure that every conservative donor to the republican party that i...
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is that how we expect harold simmons to make his mark, he'll underwrite the whole karl rove operation? >> it's hard to anticipate how he will function. it may be once there's a clear front-runner, he'll give more money to that clear front-runner. he has also given large sums to all of the leading republican candidates. so this is a man, unlike the other leading super pac donors, this man spreads his money around. he's giving to everybody. he appears to be hedging his bets somewhat. >> hedging his bets only on republicans, though. >> only on republicans, yes. he's given very little to democrats over the years. >> there's a stray donation here and there to an anti-environment democrat when he can find one. i was noticing his records today. in terms of the presidential race, you're absolutely right. mariah blake, thank you very much for talking to us tonight. >> thank you for having me. >>> the chairman of the republican party has described the republican party's relationship with women as a war on caterpillars which led us to great the greatest graphic we created in the history of the s
is that how we expect harold simmons to make his mark, he'll underwrite the whole karl rove operation? >> it's hard to anticipate how he will function. it may be once there's a clear front-runner, he'll give more money to that clear front-runner. he has also given large sums to all of the leading republican candidates. so this is a man, unlike the other leading super pac donors, this man spreads his money around. he's giving to everybody. he appears to be hedging his bets somewhat....
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god bless karl rove for what he does. the donors, the rickets are all of them are good american patriots in my mind. >> good american patriots, katon dawson? >> people that question the ability for independent expenditures and outside groups should take a look at the supreme court who awarded the affordable care act. the same supreme court that gave citizens united versus fec and free speech a chance. at the end of the day, republicans got beaten handily, no matter how much we spent. i've been with karl before when we got all wins and it was brilliant. the fact is that the republicans got it handed to them this cycle. we'll regroup. we've got 2014 suspect will be a lot like 2010. but let's compliment the president's ground game. at the end of the day, i saw it i felt it. the success was there because they understand how to organize, canvass for the vote and they won. >> four years from now, are we still talking about crossroads and crossroads gps as well? or do you think we have seen the end of money like we just saw? do
god bless karl rove for what he does. the donors, the rickets are all of them are good american patriots in my mind. >> good american patriots, katon dawson? >> people that question the ability for independent expenditures and outside groups should take a look at the supreme court who awarded the affordable care act. the same supreme court that gave citizens united versus fec and free speech a chance. at the end of the day, republicans got beaten handily, no matter how much we...
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i remember karl rove, i looked up his quote. he said it was a sign of what happens when you have chicago style politics and the president of the united states' political min ons are using their tax dollars to buy corporate advertising and now, they're excited to have someone exciting on the night of mitt romney. >> eric fernstrom has just said that one thing we know about romney is that he also rises to the occasion. >> really? >> do we really know that? >> we know clint eastwood will and he's going to go ahead and make our day at the convention since there's not a lot else that's super exciting. that's been going on. but you know, it will be a fun event. it will get a lot of attention. ultimately, it's still about mitt romney and his speech and whether he can land it or not. >> michael, what does it say that on the last night of the convention the party's candidate for president isn't a big enough draw and they have to have someone like clint eastwood? >> it goes to the heart of the problem the campaign has right now. in an odd
i remember karl rove, i looked up his quote. he said it was a sign of what happens when you have chicago style politics and the president of the united states' political min ons are using their tax dollars to buy corporate advertising and now, they're excited to have someone exciting on the night of mitt romney. >> eric fernstrom has just said that one thing we know about romney is that he also rises to the occasion. >> really? >> do we really know that? >> we know clint...
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so, karl rove was not about to sit on the sidelines. his crossroads gps is running a spot today criticizing the president over his handling of the fiscal cliff. let me take a look at that. >> no real reform. instead spending taxes. we neat bipartisan ideas we can all support. >> dana, is any of that going to make a difference or maybe a broader point is how much are outside groups generally, whether it's on the hill or on tv influencing this debate? >> if it works as well as karl rove's effort during the campaign, i think the president is going to ask him to run more of those ads because it didn't work out so well for him the last time. this is a little different from a political campaign in that spending by interest groups is probably not going to be big enough to crowd out all of this noise that's being made here. i think that interview you just had with tom price was extraordinary for what he didn't say. he didn't say i won't allow taxes to increase. he said it depends on what the overall package is. that's an extraordinary admission
so, karl rove was not about to sit on the sidelines. his crossroads gps is running a spot today criticizing the president over his handling of the fiscal cliff. let me take a look at that. >> no real reform. instead spending taxes. we neat bipartisan ideas we can all support. >> dana, is any of that going to make a difference or maybe a broader point is how much are outside groups generally, whether it's on the hill or on tv influencing this debate? >> if it works as well as...
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i think we saw karl rove freak out, the dog ate my exit polls, karl rove. if you've been listening to any rush limbaugh over the last few days which i have i can still only take small doses but it's been awfully fun to listen. yes, the easiest prediction in the world, and it has come through. >> david from was on with "morning joe," and he has an e book out already, "why romney lost." let's play a little bit what he had to say. >> the real locust of the problem is the republican activist base and donor base. they went apock liptic over the past four years, and that was exploited by a lot of people in the conservative world. the followership has been fleeced and lied to. what happened to mitt romney wassest twisted into pretzels. the people that put comment shoes on his feet now blame him for sinking. >> i know that's your colleague at "newsweek." the cement on your shoes, the apock liptic reference twisted into pretzels is that a freak-out from david from perhaps different than rush limbaugh would put it? >> yeah, david is freaking out for the right reasons
i think we saw karl rove freak out, the dog ate my exit polls, karl rove. if you've been listening to any rush limbaugh over the last few days which i have i can still only take small doses but it's been awfully fun to listen. yes, the easiest prediction in the world, and it has come through. >> david from was on with "morning joe," and he has an e book out already, "why romney lost." let's play a little bit what he had to say. >> the real locust of the problem...
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they are not karl rove. they are not mike murphy. they are not, you know, they are not mark mckinnon, they have no -- >> they are disconnected. >> they have no idea how to run a national campaign well. >> they made him call a hastily called news conference at 10:00 at night to double down on something that is so politically painful that we can't even -- it hurts to talk about. >> in 1996 when the republican party looked at bob dole and said lost cause. the party abandoned dole and said, you're done, we don't believe in you anymore. when does that happen to romney? last night a senior gop strategist said i think i've just seen the every man, the every man for himself moment is here. maybe that's premature, but the republican party is looking at mitt romney right now and saying how much are we going to lean into this guy over the last two months if he's not capable of winning? >> and karl rove decides he's going to start investing in senate races, a the that point you can pull the plug. >> and that's probably after the first debate. >>
they are not karl rove. they are not mike murphy. they are not, you know, they are not mark mckinnon, they have no -- >> they are disconnected. >> they have no idea how to run a national campaign well. >> they made him call a hastily called news conference at 10:00 at night to double down on something that is so politically painful that we can't even -- it hurts to talk about. >> in 1996 when the republican party looked at bob dole and said lost cause. the party...
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mayor reid, i want to start with you about this and the opinion piece written by karl rove out this morning and writes it looks like while governor romney may have lost the debate he looked like a commander many chief and presented himself in a presidential way with the president's tone being much too aggressive and down right nasty. so, mayor reid, governor romney is ahead on the issue of the economy and certainly came up and presented itself last night in the foreign policy debate, the domestic issues. but after last night, is he not considered a credible alternative on foreign policy? >> absolutely not. i mean, i think what people should walk away with -- not surprising that karl rove write a fantasy football piece this morning. that's what he does for a living for republicans but it is not surprising. the president is in a strong position. he's won two out of three debates and folks need to remember what was extremely clear last night was that if mitt romney had been president then osama bin laden would likely not have been killed. because he would have asked pakistan for permission to
mayor reid, i want to start with you about this and the opinion piece written by karl rove out this morning and writes it looks like while governor romney may have lost the debate he looked like a commander many chief and presented himself in a presidential way with the president's tone being much too aggressive and down right nasty. so, mayor reid, governor romney is ahead on the issue of the economy and certainly came up and presented itself last night in the foreign policy debate, the...
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then we saw it again in the bush races where carl rove focusedond the anger points. let's divide people and have them at each e other's throats, prey on their fears, whether it's sex, race, and keep them at each other's throats so they don't vote for their shared interests. they vote towards other interests that we tell them are what's important. >> that's a good question. i do think that race was the predominant driver of this back in the late '60s. it was absolutely race that moved the white southerners out of the democratic party into the republican party. but if you look at the bush elections, he actually didn't win on gay marriage. he won on terrorism. all the studies show that he basically kept the republican base and gay marriage actually brought more democrats out to vote. i do think there's a tiny minority that's reactionary on racial issue, but i don't think we would see this contraceptive fight if race were the most important thing to them. >> the contraceptive fight has to go to the unresolved sex psychology and the power dynamics that you talk about here
then we saw it again in the bush races where carl rove focusedond the anger points. let's divide people and have them at each e other's throats, prey on their fears, whether it's sex, race, and keep them at each other's throats so they don't vote for their shared interests. they vote towards other interests that we tell them are what's important. >> that's a good question. i do think that race was the predominant driver of this back in the late '60s. it was absolutely race that moved the...
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people that come up with the ideas they go they are celebrated, people write books, lee atwater, karl rove, they come up outside the box ideas that go well and deliver political wins for their politicians are heroes in politics. but i think that palin will forever make picking someone unvetted something that campaigns will avoid doing. >> the -- i am fascinated by the vetting process in that there was an idea five days and no trip to alaska would be doable for her. obviously it was made in pressure of time. thank you for talking about this. thank you for talking about this and being here tonight, but in your decision to sort of bare your heart about this and be hope what you think went wrong you were part of i think it a very noble thing you have done and respect you for it. >> thank you. >> nicolle wallace, author of "18 acres" and "it's classified" and the advisor trying to prep sarah palin for debates and interviews. >>> how perfect is this, right after the show on the last word, guess who lawrence o'donnell's guest will be? steve schmitt, we mention him and he appears. >>> the segment
people that come up with the ideas they go they are celebrated, people write books, lee atwater, karl rove, they come up outside the box ideas that go well and deliver political wins for their politicians are heroes in politics. but i think that palin will forever make picking someone unvetted something that campaigns will avoid doing. >> the -- i am fascinated by the vetting process in that there was an idea five days and no trip to alaska would be doable for her. obviously it was made...